to wonder if the goverment should close down facebook and twitter for a couple of days, to calm things down

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perhaps if fb and twitter was closed for a couple of days, not saing forever, thne things would die down a bit and the police would be able to regain control.

what would this achieve???

They'd just use other websites I'm sure

Can they even do that? and I don't think it would make much difference.

No they can't do that. They're not even British websites

You do know they've been using their mobiles to organise this right?

And no, they can't

they said on the news earlier it was now being coordinated via Blackberry messaging so it was private between friends rather than on Twitter.

yes but theres no other website that are THAT HUGE

No. I don't want any government thinking it can overtly control the internet in the way you suggest.

they have got loudspeakers down there to communicate with,soo it would still happen

they're just texting each other AFAIK.

Do we want to live in a totalitarian state? Not really.

i know they are american website, but i wondered if it was possible to stop people in the uk connceting to them, sort of cut the uk off from them for a couple of days, if that is even pysically possible.

No. It isn't. Thank fuck.

They were using BBM, and it has been temporarily disabled apparently.

bloody hell, no

i know it would still happen,via txt loadspeackers whatever but it might take the momentum out of it if you know what i mean at all

Have heard Blackberry are meant to be helping police as much as they can. SO well done Blackberry.

If the scum can use social media to plan their movements, it makes it a lot easier for the authorities to keep an eye on them. Shutting it down would just send it underground and make it harder to deal with. IMO.

yes that is good of blackberry.

They are using BBM so nothing to do with fb or twitter. I'd be delighted if they closed the BB network for a few days. RIM are co-operating with the police.

Didn't the Egyptians shut down FB and twitter during the riots there?

good point sueakytoy

Thank fuck indeed. We might live under an unelected coalition of utter cunts but at least they aren't attempting to impose the sort of totalitarianism so beloved of unacceptable regimes elsewhere in the world. Nobody tells me I can or can't use Facebook, Twitter, or any other website.

i don't know reeling

We do not live in China, thank God.